AM/PM Podcast

Helium 10

Welcome to the AM/PM Podcast! The show for Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop sellers who want to grow smarter, scale faster, and build e-commerce businesses that earn around the clock in the AM and the PM. Hosted by Helium 10’s Bradley Sutton with co-hosts Carrie Miller and Shivali Patel, this podcast dives deep into Amazon FBA, Walmart, TikTok Shop, AI strategies, and the newest trends shaping e-commerce. Each week, you’ll hear actionable insights, real-world experiments, behind-the-scenes lessons, and conversations with the industry’s top operators and innovators. From launching products to building brands to creating revenue streams that work while you sleep, the AM/PM Podcast gives you the tools and tactics to stay ahead in a rapidly shifting online marketplace. New episodes drop every Wednesday and Friday. And every Friday, you’ll also get the Helium 10 Weekly Buzz, your rapid-fire update on the latest news, new Helium 10 feature releases, and trends impacting e-commerce sellers. Subscribe and level up your E-commerce game!

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    #504 - 2026 Amazon Listing Creation Blueprint

    What is the new gold standard for optimizing Amazon listings in 2026 for keywords and Amazon AI like Rufus? Discover how to do in seconds what used to take hours. What does it take to build a high-performing Amazon listing in 2026? In this episode, Bradley Sutton breaks down the new gold standard for listing optimization and explains why sellers can no longer rely on keyword stuffing or traditional SEO alone. Today’s best listings need to balance keyword indexing, conversion-focused copy, and AI-ready content that works for tools like Amazon Rufus.   Bradley walks through the full listing optimization process using a real product example, showing how sellers can pull keyword intelligence from multiple sources like Cerebro, historical keyword trends, Amazon’s Search Query Performance, and Amazon Brand Analytics. He explains why this layered approach gives Amazon sellers a much more complete view of what actually drives visibility and sales. For Helium 10 users, the biggest breakthrough is that the new Listing Builder can now combine this process into an 8-in-1 keyword research workflow, turning what used to take hours into something that can be done in seconds.   The episode also highlights how Helium 10’s Listing Builder goes beyond keyword collection. With new AI features, sellers can analyze product images, customize brand voice, use competitor ASINs for style inspiration, prioritize must-win keywords, and generate listings designed for both Amazon search and AI-assisted shopping. Bradley and Andrew also show how Rufus optimization helps sellers answer shopper questions directly inside the listing, including use cases and objections that may never appear in standard keyword research.   If you sell on Amazon and use Helium 10, this episode is a must-watch. It shows how to create listings that are built for the real online shopping environment of 2026, where success means ranking in search, converting shoppers, and giving Amazon AI the context it needs to help close the sale. In episode 504 of the AM/PM Podcast, Bradley and Andrew discuss: 00:00 – Introduction 01:20 – Why Listing Optimization Must Balance SEO and AI 05:02 – Using Xray & Cerebro to Find Core Competitor Keywords 09:23 – Why You Must Exclude Variations in Keyword Research 10:18 – Using Historical Keyword Data to Find Past Winners 12:05 – Search Query Performance and the Keywords That Actually Drove Sales 15:18 – Using Brand Analytics to Validate Competitor Converting Keywords 17:45 – Helium 10 Listing Builder’s 8-in-1 Keyword Research Workflow 24:02 – Why Modern Listings Need SEO, GEO, and Rufus Optimization 32:53 – AI Image Analysis, Brand Voice, and 10-Bullet Listing Strategy 37:36 – Enhance With Rufus: Answering Shopper Questions Inside Your Listing 40:00 – Generating the Listing and Prioritizing Top Keywords Automatically 44:18 – Why Rufus Optimization Matters for Conversion in 2026

    51 min
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    #503 - Ad Fees During Thursday Amazon Outage & Walmart Goes Digital! | Weekly Buzz 3/11/26

    How will Amazon address the ad fees charged during the Thursday outage? Gain up to 23% more sales this spring. And Walmart is now rolling out digital labels nationwide over physical tags.   We’re back with another episode of the Weekly Buzz with Helium 10’s Senior Brand Evangelist, Shivali Patel. Every week, we cover the latest breaking news in the Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart, and E-commerce space, talk about Helium 10’s newest features, and provide a training tip for the week for serious sellers of any level.   Amazon convenes ‘deep dive’ internal meeting to address outages https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/amazon-plans-deep-dive-internal-meeting-address-ai-related-outages.html Sellers Say Amazon Charged Ad Fees throughout Thursday’s Outage https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2026/03/07/sellers-say-amazon-charged-ad-fees-throughout-thursdays-outage/ Amazon Seller Central: Refresh your product detail page videos this spring https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-news/articles/QVRWUERLSUtYMERFUiNHTUZaTlU3VlNDTUZVQVRH Walmart to add digital price labels to all US stores https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/walmart-digital-price-labels-stores/ Seller reactions to TikTok Shop changing stance on shipping and fulfillment https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2026/03/05/seller-reactions-to-tiktok-shop-changing-stance-on-shipping-and-fulfillment In episode 503 of the AM/PM Podcast and Weekly Buzz, Shivali covers: 00:00 - Introduction 00:41 - How Will Amazon Address Ad Fees Charged During the Outage? 04:27 - Listing Builder Updates: Consolidated ABA & Keyword Research Experience 09:13 - Download our Helium 10 App for Improved Visibility 10:48 - Add Videos to Listings for Up to 23% More Sales This Spring 12:09 - Walmart Replacing Paper Tags with Digital Labels Nationwide 13:30 - Search Query Analyzer 17:06 - TikTok Shop Shipping Shakeup Sparks Seller Debate

    20 min
  3. 6 MAR

    #502 - Amazon Strategies Top Sellers Only Share Behind Closed Doors

    In this episode, let’s talk about advanced Amazon seller strategies that are discussed only in private. We pull back the curtain on what elite sellers are quietly doing and what you should start testing next. Most sellers focus on the obvious levers, ads, keywords, and pricing, while the real winners quietly play a different game. In this AM/PM episode, Bradley Sutton and 8-figure seller Leo Sgovio unpack the strategies top Amazon sellers rarely say out loud, from backend ranking fixes to AI-driven creative and off-Amazon intel.   Leo breaks down how Amazon browse tree changes can silently wreck rankings, and how to repair it using Category Listing Reports plus the BrowseTree Guide so your attributes match what Amazon actually accepts. Then he shows how some sellers “launch” with huge review counts by consolidating variations and even leveraging international review history. From there, the episode shifts into speed: AI tools to generate better hero images, systems to make your site crawlable for LLMs, and how press releases can help you appear in Google AI Overviews faster than traditional SEO.   Finally, Leo goes outside Amazon: using Reddit for GEO, finding Shopify winners by tracking checkout traffic, and reverse-engineering competitor funnels through the Meta Ad Library and presell pages. He closes with a warning every brand should hear: a black-hat cloaking attack that can suppress your Buy Box. If you want tactics you can apply today and threats you need to defend against tomorrow, this one is a must-listen. In episode 502 of the AM/PM Podcast, Bradley and Leo discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 02:34 - Strategy 1: How To Fix Your Tanked Rankings Due To A Wrong Product Categorization 12:11 - Strategy 2: How To Uncover Your Competitor Just Launched a Product with 100+ Reviews 17:02 - Strategy 3: Quickly Brainstorm New Hero Image with this Gemini Gem 19:35 - Strategy 4: Enable your Website to be Indexed by LLMs with this Automated GPT 24:09 - Strategy 5: Show Up in Google AI Overview in 7 Days 27:18 - Strategy 6: Where to Find Inspiration for your Product Creatives and Listing Images 31:38 - Strategy 7: Dominate Reddit for AEO/GEO 36:56 - Strategy 8: Discover Shopify's Top Selling Stores 40:24 - Strategy 9: Exploiting Competitors Outside Traffic Funnels 45:48 - How to get more Advanced Strategies Monthly 53:56 - Strategy 10: How to Control the Order of the Variations on your Listing 54:47 - Legal and Ethical Disclosure 54:57 - Threat Alert: Cloaking attack with fake retail pages can suppress your Buy Box, how it works, and what to watch for

    58 min
  4. 4 MAR

    #501 - Meta Ends Credit Card Payments?! ChatGPT Beats Organic + Big Amazon MCF Update | Weekly Buzz 3/4/26

    Meta no longer accepts credit cards, ChatGPT is converting better than organic search, and Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment gets key updates plus more buzzing news in this week’s episode! We’re back with another episode of the Weekly Buzz with Helium 10’s Principal Brand Evangelist, Carrie Miller. Every week, we cover the latest breaking news in the Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart, and E-commerce space, talk about Helium 10’s newest features, and provide a training tip for the week for serious sellers of any level.   Meta Ends Credit Card Payments for DTC Ad Accounts—Amazon Next? https://www.ecomcrew.com/meta-ends-credit-card-payments-dtc-advertisers/ A new analysis of 94 e-commerce sites found ChatGPT referral traffic converts 31% higher than non-branded organic search (1.81% vs 1.39%), driven by stronger buyer intent from AI-assisted shoppers. While AI traffic volume is still small, it’s growing fast, making AEO/LLM optimization (structured content, FAQs, and schema) an early-mover advantage rather than a replacement for SEO. Helium 10’s new Listing Builder AI is now available to Diamond members and is built to save major time by pulling keywords from multiple sources and generating an optimized listing with AI—complete with an SEO score and the option to match the tone/style of a listing you like. Want the full walkthrough and strategy behind it? Watch the webinar replay here: https://h10.me/listingreplay Helium 10 Diamond members also now have a new Follow Up tool feature that lets you set a preferred time window for automated emails and review requests. How Walmart is extending its brand advantage in the U.S. retail landscape https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/54191-how-walmart-is-extending-its-brand-advantage-in-the-us-retail-landscape Amazon Gives Sellers an Agentic Window Into Their Business https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2026/amazon-gives-sellers-an-agentic-window-into-their-business/ Explore, visualize, and act on your data with a new AI-powered workspace https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-news/articles/QVRWUERLSUtYMERFUiNHRlNHOEhTUzgzQ0JTQ0s2 In episode 501 of the AM/PM Podcast and Weekly Buzz, Carrie covers: 00:40 - Meta Cuts Credit Card Payments for DTC Advertisers 03:32 - Chat GPT Ecommerce Traffic Converts Higher than Organic Search 06:21 - Changes to Multi-Channel Fulfillment 08:10 - New Feature Update: Listing Builder AI 12:17 - Walmart is Expanding its Brand Advantage 14:31 - How Historical Data Can Give You a Competitive Advantage 19:13 - New AI-Powered Assistant to Visualize Data

    21 min
  5. 27 FEB

    #500 - Big Amazon Review Change? & AM/PM 500th Episode | Weekly Buzz 2/27/26

    Amazon may be testing a major review change, with some shoppers seeing only 10 reviews unless they apply for more. Amazon clarifies its multiple account policy. Plus, it’s Episode 500 of the AM/PM Podcast! We’re back with another episode of the Weekly Buzz with Helium 10’s VP of Education and Strategy, Bradley Sutton. Every week, we cover the latest breaking news in the Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart, and E-commerce space, talk about Helium 10’s newest features, and provide a training tip for the week for serious sellers of any level. In this episode, we’re switching things up with a fresh new look, and it’s the perfect time because this is Episode 500 of the AM/PM Podcast! Join us for a quick trip down memory lane as we celebrate nearly 10 years of the AM/PM Podcast and keep Manny Coats’ classic “How cool is that? Pretty cool, I think.” spirit alive. Amazon reviews might be acting weird again, and it could be more than just the usual “dog page” error some shoppers have seen for months. In this week’s first story, Bradley shares a new test showing up on certain customer accounts where you can only view 10 reviews and then have to “apply” to see more, with Amazon promising an email response within five business days. If this expands, it could push more shoppers toward Rufus-style review summaries rather than reading reviews directly, and it could significantly impact how sellers and tools analyze review data. Especially after Amazon’s crackdown that removed Helium 10’s Review Insights. The good news: the Helium 10 team is working on a new, fully “Amazon-compliant” version that still provides high-quality review insights, and Bradley asks viewers to share in the comments if they’re seeing the same review limits and whether they think it could roll out more widely. Amazon Seller Central: Account health tips for multiple selling accounts https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-news/articles/QVRWUERLSUtYMERFUiNHVVFVQ1RDRThCSlJXUUhK Helium 10 New Feature Alert! Check out the new upgraded Cerebro with new Sponsored Rank filters, so you can instantly spot keywords where multiple competitors are bidding top of search. It’s a fast way to see which terms rivals are fighting for most, and what should be on your ad radar next. Amazon Seller Central: Upload Images now provides faster uploads and more flexibility https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-news/articles/QVRWUERLSUtYMERFUiNHTE5HMzJYWTlMRExVUUha Seamlessly reach relevant audiences with enhanced targeting capabilities from Amazon Ads https://advertising.amazon.com/en-us/resources/whats-new/amazon-ads-introduced-enhanced-targeting-capabilities/ Next week brings a free AI monthly workshop with expert Andrew Bell showcasing Helium 10’s revamped Listing Builder, now an all-in-one “8-in-1” workflow that combines keyword research with AI optimization, including Rufus question targeting. Register here: http://h10.me/aim3226 If you’re in New York City, you can also catch Bradley in person at the ASGTG conference in Brooklyn on Thursday, March 5. It’s the 12th ASGTG event and his first time attending in eight years, so it’s a rare chance to meet up, network with sellers, and hear from a lineup of strong speakers. And yes, it’s famous for the food, apparently “Michelin-starred for an Amazon conference” levels, so come for the content and connections, and stay for the bites. Register here: http://h10.me/asgtg Thanks for tuning in! Check back next week for more buzzing updates and strategies to help you stay ahead in e-commerce. In episode 500 of the AM/PM Podcast and Weekly Buzz, Bradley talks about: 00:00 - Introduction 00:44 - Episode 500 of the AM/PM Podcast! 03:07 - Is Amazon Hiding Reviews From All Amazon Customers? 07:35 - Amazon Multiple Account Policy Clarification 10:45 - How To See What Keywords Competitors Are Advertising Top Of Search 13:06 - Amazon Seller Central Image Upload Update 14:27 - Faster Way to Search Amazon Brand Analytics 18:19 - Amazon Ads Display and Video AI Targeting 20:10 - Upcoming Webinar and New York Event Enjoy this episode? Want to be able to ask questions to Leo Sgovio live in a small group with other 7 and 8-figure Amazon sellers?  Join the Helium 10 Elite Mastermind and get quarterly workshops, monthly training, and networking calls with Leo at h10.me/elite Make sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you listen to our podcast!   💰 Get Helium 10 with a special discount to start or scale your e-commerce business here: https://h10.me/h10 Want to absolutely start crushing it on eCommerce and make more money? Follow these steps for helpful resources to get started: Get the Ultimate Resource Guide from Bradley Sutton, Carrie Miller, and Shivali Patel for tools and services that he uses every day to dominate on Amazon! New to Selling on Amazon? Freedom Ticket offers the best tips, tricks, and strategies for beginners just starting out! Sign up for Freedom Ticket. Trying to Find a New Product? Get the most powerful Amazon product research tool in Black Box, available only at Helium 10! Start researching with Black Box. Want to Verify Your Product Idea? Use Xray in our Chrome extension to check how lucrative your next product idea is with over a dozen metrics of data! Download the Helium 10 Chrome Extension. The Ultimate Software Tool Suite for Amazon Sellers! Get more Helium 10 tools that can help you optimize your listings and increase sales for a low price! Sign up today! Does Amazon Owe YOU Money? Find Out for FREE! If you have been selling for over a year on Amazon, you may be owed money for lost or damaged inventory and not even know it. Get a FREE refund report to see how much you’re owed! Check out our other Amazon FBA podcasts including the Serious Sellers Podcast, as well as our Spanish and German versions! You can also listen to the AM/PM Podcast on YouTube here!   Transcript: Bradley Sutton: Did Amazon make a huge new review update where for most people reviews won't even show up anymore? Amazon has clarified its multiple account policy. These stories and more on today's weekly buzz. Oh, by the way, this is episode 500 of the AM/PM podcast. How cool is that? Pretty cool. I think. Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of the AM/PM podcast by Helium 10. I'm your host, Bradley Sutton, and this is the show that is our Helium 10 Weekly Buzz where you give you a rundown of all the goings on in the Amazon Tik TOK shop and e-commerce world. We let you know what new features Helium 10 has, and we also give a training tip of the week.   Bradley Sutton: So let's get started and see what's buzzing. All right, guys, this is a new look. If you guys are watching this on the, our YouTube channel, uh, and the reason why we're doing something a little bit new, we're going to be testing out some new looks for the Weekly Buzz here because this is episode 500 actually of the AM/PM Podcast. Now, as you guys know, the, the Weekly Buzz has not been on the AM/PM podcast the whole time. It just actually started here a few months ago, but going back to the original guys, do you know when the very first ever AM/PM podcast was take a look here on a, it's on our YouTube channel for AM/PM podcasts. It was almost exactly 10 years ago.   Bradley Sutton: Guys, the first episode dropped or March 4, 2016 on YouTube and now here almost exactly 10 years later, we have episode 500. Now, you know, throughout the, the years, we have had a lot of episodes on the AM/PM podcast. It was actually, uh, around, uh, when was this looks like, uh, 2017 when we started doing a, uh, the special intro that Manny would do. And actually, if you notice, uh, since we took the AM/PM podcast, uh, as host back, you notice what we do something very similar. Uh, now also to try and keep the spirit of the origin of the AM/PM podcast. Remember guys, before Helium 10 was around, the AM/PM podcast was here, right?   Bradley Sutton: The AM/PM podcast predates the, uh, you know, Helium 10. And so this is a, a big legacy for us here. And we want to remember the legacy that, you know, the founder of the AM/PM podcast, Manny coats did. That's why we integrate some of his catchphrases. Like how cool is that? Pretty cool. I think. And some of the other like intros and things that, that, that he would do. So, uh, hope that we were able to, to keep the legacy. Now, interestingly enough, speaking about the Weekly Buzz, the very first time we uploaded Weekly Buzz on YouTube, I know we used to do it somewhere else too. We were doing it since like 2019. I can't find where those videos were uploaded.   Bradley Sutton: It might've been Facebook, but the first episode that we had launched of the Weekly Buzz on YouTube was actually three years ago on the Helium 10 channel, when we had different employees here at Helium 10, uh, doing a Weekly Buzzes. So we've come a long ways, guys, 500 episodes and I love doing the AM/PM podcast. And I love also doing the Weekly Buzz, letting you guys know what's buzzing.   Bradley Sutton: So let's go ahead and hop into our first news story of the week. This is something that could be a Red herring or a false alarm but Part of this hasn't going on for a while All right So for some of us as you guys know when you hit reviews on Amazon like here I'm in a Graceful by Design Bible verse mapping journal. I hit the review count, right? It goes to the bottom and I scroll down here and I hit see more reviews. I get a dog page. Bradley Sutton: All right, so a lot of people have this this has been going on for months but now, there's something new where in a lot of accounts not everybody But Amazon is doing something where it says you can only see 10 reviews and you have to apply to be able to see more. I can't do it on this browser But let me bring another window into the screen here just a moment But for other customers like here in my a

    23 min
  6. 25 FEB

    #499 - Steal This 100 Orders A Day TikTok Shop Setup

    Build 100 TikTok Shop orders per day without messing up your Amazon sales. Our guest reveals what finally made it “click,” plus the mistakes that almost shut it down. If you’ve been wondering how to hit 100 TikTok Shop orders per day without cannibalizing your Amazon business, this TikTok Thursday episode is built for you. Host Shivali Patel sits down with Alina Vlaic, an Amazon seller, operator, and owner of the AZrank agency, who’s been deep in the trenches, to unpack what it takes to make TikTok Shop work consistently (not just a lucky spike).   Alina walks through the behind-the-scenes journey: what she focused on first, the signals that told her a product could win on TikTok, and the moments where things went sideways. On TikTok Shop, momentum can change fast. This episode gives you the mindset and the practical direction to test smarter, avoid common traps, and keep moving even when the platform throws curveballs.   If you want a repeatable system, not vague motivation, listen through and take notes. Then pick one action to implement today, because the sellers who win on TikTok Shop are not waiting for perfect clarity. They are testing while everyone else is still overthinking. In episode 499 of the AM/PM Podcast, Shivali and Alina discuss: 00:00 – Introduction 01:12 – Why Alina’s Known for Ranking and Indexing 04:16 – The 10-Point Practical Playbook (Amazon to TikTok Shop) 05:13 – The Proof: How They Hit Nearly $1,000/Day and 100 Orders/Day 06:27 – Key Setup: Linking TikTok Page & Shop for Shoppable Content 08:38 – Don’t Assume It’ll Work: How to Test Your Amazon Catalog Fast 11:39 – Content Strategy: Why Your Own Posting Still Matters 15:57 – The $2,000 GMV Unlock for More Creator Access 18:40 – The Drop: Violations That Crushed Visibility and Limited Orders 20:39 – The Fix: Using Tools to Escalate and Clear Violations 33:59 – Creative “Reverse Hook” Strategy  39:00 – Q&A

    41 min
  7. 20 FEB

    #498 - Tariffs Ruled Unconstitutional & TikTok Halts Shipping Changes | Weekly Buzz 2/20/26

    Supreme Court strikes down most Trump tariffs, TikTok Shop reverses seller-shipping changes, and Helium 10 revamps Listing Builder! Catch it all on this week’s Buzz episode. We’re back with another episode of the Weekly Buzz with Helium 10’s Senior Brand Evangelist, Shivali Patel. Every week, we cover the latest breaking news in the Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart, and E-commerce space, talk about Helium 10’s newest features, and provide a training tip for the week for serious sellers of any level.   Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827 TikTok Shop halts plan to end independent shipping for U.S. sellers after backlash https://www.modernretail.co/operations/tiktok-halts-plan-to-end-independent-shipping-for-u-s-sellers-after-backlash/ Helium 10 just revamped its Listing Builder tool to speed up keyword research and create optimized listings in minutes. See how the new AI workflow pulls real Amazon data and helps you write listings built for modern search and Rufus. Shoppable Collections Beta Ending https://sellercentral.amazon.com/enhanced-content/content-manager Amazon Seller Central News: Update to OTDR listing deactivation process as of February 28, 2026 https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-news/articles/QVRWUERLSUtYMERFUiNHVDdIVjdTQ0dQTTlFWlNG Amazon Seller Central News: Use new dashboard to view changes to your brand’s product detail pages https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-news/articles/QVRWUERLSUtYMERFUiNHRlQzNllaNURZMzU4WDk0   Lastly, a big Amazon networking event is coming to Brooklyn, and it’s packed with tactics sellers are using right now. Get the details, grab the discount, and see why Bradley’s showing up in person. Go to http://h10.me/asgtg   In episode 498 of the AM/PM Podcast and Weekly Buzz, Shivali talks about: 00:00 - Introduction 00:43 - Tariffs Unconstitutional? 04:01 - TikTok Halts Shipping Changes 06:45 - Revamped Listing Builder 14:16 - Shoppable Collections Ending 15:35 - OTDR Listing Deactivations 17:10 - Historical Comparisons 21:18 - Review Listing Changes 23:06 - Catch Bradley on ASGTG

    24 min
  8. 19 FEB

    #497 - Brand Metrics Reveals Your Amazon PPC Problems

    Are your Amazon ads “broken” or is it something else? In this episode, we share a simple audit that reveals what’s really killing performance and the first fix that usually changes everything. Most sellers assume Amazon PPC is the problem when the real bottleneck is often the offer. In this episode, Carrie Miller and Destaney Wishon walk through a quick, repeatable way to diagnose what’s actually holding growth back: bids, campaign structure, or your product detail page. The goal isn’t “optimize everything.” It’s to identify the one thing that’s breaking performance and fix that first.   Destaney starts with Amazon Advertising’s Brand Metrics Dashboard to compare your conversion rate and traffic vs your category. If your conversion rate is below the category median, PPC can drive clicks all day and still struggle—because you’re paying for traffic your listing can’t convert. She explains how category selection matters (sometimes you need to go broader to get better benchmarks) and why seasonality and market share shifts can fool you if you only look at your own numbers.   From there, the audit shifts into Amazon PPC fundamentals: avoid messy structures like mixed match types without a harvesting system, duplicative campaigns, and multiple ad groups that wreck budget control. The recommended approach is to use one campaign, one ad group, organized by strategy (traffic/rank vs. efficiency/profit). Then bid optimization becomes simpler: focus on the highest-spend targets first, make changes using the right attribution window (not hour-by-hour panic), and allocate budget intelligently—Sponsored Products as the core spend, with Sponsored Brands kept within a reasonable performance range. Stop guessing and start auditing. Hit play, run the same checklist on your account, and you’ll know exactly what to fix first so your next Amazon PPC change actually moves the needle.   In episode 497 of the AM/PM Podcast, Carrie and Destaney discuss: 00:00  – Introduction 01:00 – Are Your Amazon Ads Broken (Or Is It The Wrong Fix?) 02:21 – Start Here: Amazon Advertising Brand Metrics Dashboard 03:00 – PPC Only Works If Your Listing Converts 04:04 – Conversion Rate vs Category Median 05:22 – Traffic Opportunity: Detail Page Views vs Category 08:36 – Category Median vs Category Top 10:37 – Red Flag: Mixed Match Types Without Keyword Harvesting 13:28 – Structure Fix: One Campaign, One Ad Group  14:52 – Bid Optimization: The 80/20 Method 25:22 – How Often To Adjust Your Amazon PPC  28:17 – Budget Split: Sponsored Products vs Sponsored Brands 32:01 – Branded vs Non-Branded Budget

    34 min

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Welcome to the AM/PM Podcast! The show for Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop sellers who want to grow smarter, scale faster, and build e-commerce businesses that earn around the clock in the AM and the PM. Hosted by Helium 10’s Bradley Sutton with co-hosts Carrie Miller and Shivali Patel, this podcast dives deep into Amazon FBA, Walmart, TikTok Shop, AI strategies, and the newest trends shaping e-commerce. Each week, you’ll hear actionable insights, real-world experiments, behind-the-scenes lessons, and conversations with the industry’s top operators and innovators. From launching products to building brands to creating revenue streams that work while you sleep, the AM/PM Podcast gives you the tools and tactics to stay ahead in a rapidly shifting online marketplace. New episodes drop every Wednesday and Friday. And every Friday, you’ll also get the Helium 10 Weekly Buzz, your rapid-fire update on the latest news, new Helium 10 feature releases, and trends impacting e-commerce sellers. Subscribe and level up your E-commerce game!

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